..Together, the results demonstrate the promise of using neural processes to track the presence, timing, and degree of activation of components relevant to social perception, prejudice, and stereotyping...

The influence of processing objectives on the perception of faces: an ERP study of race and gender perception

..This suggests that when basic-level distinctions between faces and nonfaces are irrelevant, the mechanism previously associated only with structural encoding can also be sensitive to features used to differentiate among faces...

..Acupressure has shown some efficacy in reducing stress in adults following stroke or traumatic brain injury (TBI), but multiple treatments were required. Results from single treatments in healthy populations have been mixed...

Reducing the gender achievement gap in college science: a classroom study of values affirmation

Akira MiyakeDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USAScience 330:1234-7. 2010

..Benefits were strongest for women who tended to endorse the stereotype that men do better than women in physics. A brief psychological intervention may be a promising way to address the gender gap in science performance and learning...

Erika A HenryDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, USANeuropsychopharmacology 39:1214-21. 2014

..Additionally, cannabis cue reactivity was significantly related to self-reported cannabis craving as well as problems associated with cannabis use. Implications for cannabis use and addiction more generally are discussed. ..

Acupressure as a non-pharmacological intervention for traumatic brain injury (TBI)